Author: Dick Mangrum

Kyle Thomas will be able to share his thoughts on the economy and banking conditions with a regional council of the federal government.  The Blue Ridge Bank president/CEO has been selected for a three-year term on the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.  In that connection, Thomas announces an upcoming November 14 visit to […]

A five-hour manhunt ended last night at Toccoa, Georgia with the arrest of a 26-year old man accused of firing a weapon at a resident on Christine Circle, a incident law enforcement described as an altercation between residents.  The Stephens County sheriff, Randy Shirley, said bullets struck a patrol vehicle, but no one was hurt in the entire ordeal. However, […]

A reminder today from Oconee Elections that Walhalla’s two voting precincts have permanently been moved from the Rescue/EMS building on S. Church Street to the American Legion Post 124 hut at 319 Kenneth Street, next door to the office of county Veterans Affairs.  According to Ryan Nowland, a major benefit of the move is that voting in Precincts 1 and […]

A Clemson University podcast explores why, in the Upstate, Oconee and Greenville counties experience high rates of radon, a health hazard that seeps up from the earth.  Just who’s most vulnerable is being explained today on 101.7/WGOG NEWS.

Matthew Durham wishes to make it a second, four-year term.  The Mountain Rest Republican and council chairman has declared his intention to seek his party’s nomination to run next year for re-election.  Durham embraces the term “staunch Conservative” and the principles of private property rights, sound fiscal management, strategic budgeting, and public safety.

One candidate posed the question of whether Walhalla wants to be known as an “alcohol city”.  Another called for Walhalla to address the plight of its low income residents, especially those who rent apartments.  Walhalla’s image, its homeless problem, the benefits of tourism and recreation, and infrastructure problems were among the issues that city council candidates took on last night […]

The League of Women Voters staged a Walhalla candidates forum, but a lack of commitment from candidates elsewhere has forced the organization to cancel a similar forum next week for Seneca candidates. Last night, in the Walhalla Middle School auditorium, five city council candidates participated in an exercise of democracy in which they outlined their platforms and responded to LWVs’ […]

A search continued for a shooter, suspected of having fired at officers in Stephens County, Georgia.  Radio WNEG quotes Sheriff Randy Shirley as saying officers were not hit.  The active shooter location:  a home on Toccoa’s Chrstine Circle.   The identity of the suspect is known to the cops, but was not immediately released.

The League of Women Voters scheduled November 2 forum for the Seneca City Council candidates has been called off.  A LWV announcement this afternoon from Janet Marsh reads:  “We are cancelling our Candidate Forum on November 2 because we were unable to get at least two candidates to commit to participate.  Five candidates are running for four seats — four […]